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Topic Rankings – Real Research Right Now
2017 Topics:
If you’ve seen the SSRN homepage in the last decade you probably noticed our mantra – Tomorrow’s Research Today (and if you haven’t seen the new version check it out; we think it’s a bit better than it was a decade ago ;). While we’re continually working to improve the way researchers share and interact with each other, the ability for that research to be part of the broader conversations happening out in the world has been equally important.
We’ve worked hard to refine our Search tool in the last year so that researchers can more easily and accurately find the content they need. Our Weekly Top Downloads has been posted consistently so that you can get closer to some of the most significant papers in the field. This week we’re taking another step to connect you to research that is new and relevant to current issues – Topic Rankings.
Rankings have always been a staple in the SSRN ecosystem and the beta Topic Rankings offer the opportunity to explore papers curated around a current subject area. This week, the topic is The Modern Bully. Next week? Who knows? We plan to release new Topic Rankings based on public issues and the interests of the SSRN Community.
We think real research helps move the conversation forward. It’s why we do what we do.
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – March 20th 2017
1. A De Gustibus Approach to Ranking Law Schools by Christopher Ryan (Vanderbilt University, Peabody College – Higher Education Law & Policy) and Brian Frye (University of Kentucky – College of Law)
2. Contrarian Factor Timing is Deceptively Difficult by Clifford Asness (AQR Capital Management, LLC) and Swati Chandra (AQR Capital Management, LLC) and Antti Ilmanen (AQR Capital Management, LLC) and Ronen Israel (AQR Capital Management, LLC)
3. The Taking Economy: Uber, Information, and Power by Ryan Calo (University of Washington – School of Law) and Alex Rosenblat (Data & Society Research Institute)
4. A Brief Introduction to the Basics of Game Theory by Matthew O. Jackson (Stanford University – Department of Economics)
5. Why Markets Are Inefficient: A Gambling ‘Theory’ of Financial Markets for Practitioners and Theorists by Steven Moffitt (Stuart School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology)
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – March 13th 2017
1. Taking Stock: Estimating Vulnerability Rediscovery by Trey Herr (Harvard Kennedy School) and Bruce Schneier (Harvard University – Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society)
2. The History Of ‘Substantive’ Due Process: It’s Complicated by David Bernstein (George Mason University – Antonin Scalia Law School, Faculty)
3. A Brief Introduction to the Basics of Game Theory by Matthew O. Jackson (Stanford University – Department of Economics)
4. The Taking Economy: Uber, Information, and Power by Ryan Calo (University of Washington – School of Law) and Alex Rosenblat (Data & Society Research Institute)
5. The Canadian Law of Judicial Review: Some Doctrine and Cases by David Stratas (Government of Canada – Federal Court of Appeal)
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – March 6th 2017
1. Cutting the Losses: Reassessing the Costs of Import Competition to Workers and Communities by Jonathan Rothwell (Gallup)
2. A Brief Introduction to the Basics of Game Theory by Matthew O. Jackson (Stanford University – Department of Economics)
3. Rentabilidad De Los Fondos De Inversión En España, 2001-2016 (Return of Mutual Funds in Spain, 2001-2016) by Pablo Fernandez (University of Navarra – IESE Business School) and Vitaly Pershin (affiliation not provided to SSRN) and Pablo Fernandez Aci (Independent) and Isabel Fernández Acín (University of Navarra)
4. Black Money and Demonetisation by Rahul Deodhar (University of Mumbai)
5. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation by Meb Faber (Cambria Investment Management)
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – February 27th 2017
1. Betting Against Correlation: Testing Theories of the Low-Risk Effect by Clifford Asness (AQR Capital Management, LLC) and Andrea Frazzini (AQR Capital Management, LLC) and Niels Joachim Gormsen (Copenhagen Business School) and Lasse Pedersen (AQR Capital Management, LLC)
2. Right to Be Forgotten: Much Ado About Nothing by Giancarlo Frosio (University of Strasbourg – Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI))
3. Reforming Intermediary Liability in the Platform Economy: A European Digital Single Market Strategy by Giancarlo Frosio (University of Strasbourg – Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI))
4. A Brief Introduction to the Basics of Game Theory by Matthew O. Jackson (Stanford University – Department of Economics)
5. Black Money and Demonetisation by Rahul Deodhar (University of Mumbai)
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – February 20th 2017
1. Socrates’ Defense by Cathal Woods (Virginia Wesleyan College) and Ryan Pack (Virginia Wesleyan College)
2. Betting Against Correlation: Testing Theories of the Low-Risk Effect by Clifford Asness (AQR Capital Management, LLC) and Andrea Frazzini (AQR Capital Management, LLC) and Niels Joachim Gormsen (Copenhagen Business School) and Lasse Pedersen (AQR Capital Management, LLC)
3. Extreme Protest Tactics Reduce Popular Support for Social Movements by Matthew Feinberg (University of Toronto – Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management) and Robb Willer (Stanford University) and Chloe Kovacheff (University of Toronto – Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management)
4. The Joys of Yiddish and Economics by Daniel Klein (George Mason University – Department of Economics)
5. Black Money and Demonetisation by Rahul Deodhar (University of Mumbai)
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – February 13th 2017
1. Extreme Protest Tactics Reduce Popular Support for Social Movements by Matthew Feinberg (University of Toronto – Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management) and Robb Willer (Stanford University) and Chloe Kovacheff (University of Toronto – Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management)
2. Of Coups and the Constitution by Glenn Reynolds (University of Tennessee College of Law)
3. The Masses and the Elites: Political Philosophy for the Age of Brexit, Trump & Netanyahu by David Enoch (Hebrew University – The Philosophy Department and the Law School)
4. Betting Against Correlation: Testing Theories of the Low-Risk Effect by Clifford Asness (AQR Capital Management, LLC) and Andrea Frazzini (AQR Capital Management, LLC) and Niels Joachim Gormsen (Copenhagen Business School) and Lasse Pedersen (AQR Capital Management, LLC)
5. A Brief Introduction to the Basics of Game Theory by Matthew O. Jackson (Stanford University – Department of Economics)
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – February 6th 2017
1. Do Stocks Outperform Treasury Bills? by Hendrik Bessembinder (Arizona State University)
2. Trump, Brexit, and the Rise of Populism: Economic Have-Nots and Cultural Backlash by Ronald Inglehart (University of Michigan at Ann Arbor – Institute for Social Research (ISR)) and Pippa Norris (Harvard University – Harvard Kennedy School (HKS))
3. A Brief Introduction to the Basics of Game Theory by Matthew O. Jackson (Stanford University – Department of Economics)
4. Jobs, Crime, and Votes: A Short-Run Evaluation of the Refugee Crisis in Germany by Markus Gehrsitz (University of Strathclyde) and Martin Ungerer (Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW))
5. Black Money and Demonetisation by Rahul Deodhar (University of Mumbai)
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5 Stick Figures That Know The Way You Write
Do these scenarios look familiar to you? Depending on where you are in writing your latest paper, you’ve probably experienced each of these feelings at least once. Your mood, your stage in the research process, even how close the deadline is, will affect how you write and how you feel about writing. Whatever it is you are working on, SSRN has an eLibrary that can help!
1) The 10 Minute Motivation Trap
Sometimes you know exactly what you want to say until it comes time to churn thoughts into words. Feeling motivated is great, but it takes more than a positive attitude to get a comprehensive paper written. When you do feel motivated, get yourself to a keyboard immediately, but continue to work through the slump when that energy boost fails you too soon.
2) All Nighter – In The Zone
Flow: a wonderful experience for writers. It’s that moment when you get working and the genius just seems to spill out of you. While you are in the zone you can pull all nighters, even reach seemingly impossible deadlines.
3) All You Need Is Time
As much as we wish the world would melt away when we are trying to focus on our researching, that just doesn’t seem to happen. Sometimes you end up with only one actual day a week when you can focus on your writing and editing. Make that day count.
4) Does This Count As Research?
Admit it, you distract yourself, and sometimes you try to justify it. I’ll save you needing to ask the question, it doesn’t count as research. Although, if it inspires you, gets you motivated, or helps you write, it might very well be worth the time you’re putting into it.
5) Thinking About Writing
When writing haunts your very dreams. Everything you do, you think that you should be writing instead. You get writer’s guilt for not writing enough, no matter what you do. Perhaps it is a sign that what you are working on is particularly important. Keep at it! Try not to let the writing goblins get to you. Don’t believe in writing goblins? Try ignoring the need to write a few more weeks and they just might catch up to you.
Nobody writes the same way all of the time. What are some of the different experiences you have while writing? Are they unique to you, or something you feel other researchers can relate to? #SSRN to share your thoughts on Twitter.
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Weekly Top 5 Papers – January 30, 2017
1. The Foreign Emoluments Clause and the Chief Executive by Andy Grewal (University of Iowa – College of Law)
2. A Brief Introduction to the Basics of Game Theory by Matthew O. Jackson (Stanford University – Department of Economics)
3. Reassessing the Role of Precious Metals as Safe Havens – What Colour is Your Haven and Why? by Sile Li (Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin) and Brian Lucey (Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin)
4. Black Money and Demonetisation by Rahul Deodhar (University of Mumbai)
5. A Sharper Lens for Sizing Up Nickels and Steamrollers by Victor Haghani (Elm Partners) and James White (Independent)